Chapter 2 Medical Terminology Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms from Chapter 2.

Ultra-

Excessive

-algia

Pain

-centesis

Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

-dynia

Pain

-ectasia, -ectasi

Dilation or stretching

-ectomy

Excision (surgical removal)

-edema

Swelling

-emesis

To vomit

-gram

A record

-graph

An instrument used to record

-graphy

The process of recording

-lysis

Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

-malacia

Soft, softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-oid

Resembling

-ous

Pertaining to or characterized by

-penia

Deficiency

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhage, -rrhagia

Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

-rrhaphy

Suture

-rrhexis

Rupture

-scope

Instrument used for viewing

-scopy

Visual examination

-spasm

Twitching, cramp

-stomy

Formation of an opening

-tome

An instrument used for cutting

-tomy

Incision

-pathy

Disease

-phasia

Speech

-able

Capable of, able to

-plegia

Paralysis

-schisis

Split, cleft

-cyte

cell

-y

State or condition

-eum

membrane

-gen

That which generates

-genesis

Producing or forming

-ia

Condition or theory

-iasis

Condition

-ible

Capable of, able to

-ism

Condition or theory

-itis

inflammation

-eum

Membrane

-ive

Pertaining to

-tic

Pertaining to

-eal

Pertaining to

-al, -ary

Pertaining to

-lepsy

Seizure

-lysin

That which destroys

-lytic

Capable of destroying

-metry

Process of measuring

Electr(o)

Electricity

Algesi(o)

Sensitivity to pain

Fluor(o)

Emitting or reflecting light

Narc(o)

Stupor

Pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)

Drugs or medicine

Son(o)

Sound

Tom(o)

To cut

Leps(o)

Seizure

Log(o)

Knowledge or words

Lys(o)

Destruction, dissolving

Megal(o)

Large, enlarged

Metr(o)

Measure

Myc(o)

Fungus

Nos(o)

Disease

Bacter(i), Bacteri(o)

bacteria

Plas(o)

Formation, development

Pleg(o)

Paralysis

Scop(o)

To examine, view

Staphyl(o)

Grapelike cluster

Strept(o)

Twisted

Vir(o), virus(o)

Virus

Xanth(o)

Yellow

Alb(o), albin(o)

White

Melan(o)

Black

Chlor(o)

Green

Cyan(o)

Blue

Cyt(o)

Cell

Fung(i)

Fungus

Gen(o)

Beginning, origin

Hist(o)

Tissue

Iatr(o)

Physician or treatment

Idi(o)

individual